Description: Enemies of Paul : Demons, Satan, Betrayers, and Apostles: Risk Analysis and Recovery of Paul's Opponents in Thessaloniki, Galatia, and Corinth in the Context of the First Century, Paperback by Busse, Roger S., ISBN 1532659164, ISBN-13 9781532659164, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Paul's conflict with viscous enemies, human and otherwise, led him to employ efficacious powers, charismata (charismatic powers), and controversial and sometimes illegal practices that are only coherent when placed in context of the first century Hellenistic-Roman world. These included soul and spirit transportation, possession, and exorcisms, special techniques to repel demonic attack, as well as what was considered the darkest of black magic in the ancient world--the casting of death curses, which called on Satan to infect, harm, and even kill his enemies. All of these can be recovered in striking detail using risk analysis of his undisputed writings and comparing them with contemporary sources, papyri, and documents independent of the New Testament. The results demonstrate that Paul's letters are so much more than simply intellectual and rhetorical correspondences--they are infused with dangerous mystical and charismatic powers feared in an ancient world that was saturated with prevalent, active dark forces and multi-layered human and supernatural conflicts; of angels and demons at war; of charismata and anathemata (deadly curses); and Paul's expectation of the hemera kuriou, “Day of the Lord,” that would defeat Satan and the curse of death via pistis (faith) in the efficacious euangelion (gospel) of agape (love).
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Book Title: Enemies of Paul: Demons, Satan, Betrayers, and Apostles : Risk Analysis and Recovery of Paul's Opponents in Thessaloniki, Galatia, and Corinth in the Context of the First Century
Number of Pages: 342 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Biblical Studies / Paul's Letters, Biblical Studies / General, Biblical Studies / New Testament
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Author: Roger S. Busse
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
